This edition, prepared in 1625 by Galien de Béthencourt, who inherited the manuscript, was published under the editorship of Pierre de Bergeron, whose signature closes the dedicatory epistle in pt 1, p. [7], 1st count

"Traicté de la navigation et des voyages de descovverte & conqueste modernes, & principalement des François. Avec vne exacte et particuliere description de toutes les isles Canaries, les preuues du temps de la conqueste d'icelles, & la genealogie des Bethencourts & Braquemons" with imprint "Paris, Chez Jean de Hevqveville, ruë Sainct Iacques, à la paix. Et Michel Soly, au Phoënix. M.DC.XXIX [1629]" follows in pt 2, p. [12], 303, [1]. This work was written by Pierre de Bergeron and was issued with the "Histoire de la premiere descovverte et conqueste des Canaries". The whole was reprinted in Paris by Michel Soly in the same year

Pagination: p. 1: [20], 208, [12] p.; pt. 2: [12], 303, [1] p

Signatures: pt. 1: ã⁸ ẽ² A-N⁸ O⁶; pt. 2: [par.]⁶ ([par.]6 blank) 2A-2T⁸ (2T8 verso blank)

Errors in paging: pt. 2, p. 25, 5th count misnumbered 23

Includes index

Woodcut printer's ornaments on title pages; head pieces; initials; engraved portrait of Jhean de Bethencourt on p. [4], 2nd count

European Americana

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Palau y Dulcet (2d. ed)

Palau y Dulcet (2d. ed)

Cioranescu, A. 17. s.

Cioranescu, A. 17. s.

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